John Jefferson
Left: Amy Slaton Halterman in August 2024 during a treat review (Amy Slaton-Halterman/YouTube). Right: a booking photo at the Crockett County Jail after her Labor Day arrest.
A woman known for co-starring on TLC’s reality TV show “1,000-Lb. Sisters” found herself under arrest and accused of child endangerment on Labor Day after a bizarre camel bite incident at a safari park in Alamo, Tennessee.
The incident involving Amy Slaton Halterman unfolded at the Tennessee Safari Park, where guests can drive through in their cars and view the animals, evidently including camels, up close.
The Crockett County Sheriff’s Office, heading its press release with “FROM FEEDING A CAMEL TO THE SLAMMER” and commenting on the “no ordinary Labor Day” nature of the case, said its investigation began with a report of a guest bitten by a camel and led to a car with “suspicious odors.”
Investigators allege that the mushrooms and marijuana were in the vehicle and that children were endangered at the time.
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“Upon arrival, deputies were immediately overtaken by suspicious odors coming from the guest’s vehicle,” authorities said, appearing to identify the car as Slaton Halterman’s and Brian Lovvorn as a passenger.
Brian Lovvorn (Crockett County Sheriff’s Office).
Both were taken to the Crockett County Jail on two child endangerment counts and drug possession charges, the sheriff’s office said.
It’s unclear if they have defense attorneys.
Slaton Halterman has appeared on five seasons of “1000-Lb. Sisters” along with her sister Tammy, a show on their lives and their weight loss journeys.
Amy, who after losing nearly 200 pounds became a mother of two sons, has said “[b]eing a mom is what I’ve wanted to do since I was 5 years old and I’ve always wanted two kids.”
But in the aftermath of a divorce last year from her husband Michael, the father of her children, she said the state of her mental health was the “worst it’s ever been.”
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